The US does this too. But they mostly go after Islamist sites. For example, see US FBO Solicitation Number RTB220610 for Persona Management Software for the Air Force.[0]

Also, there's the RT vs Fox dynamic. RT does lots of crazy stuff, from New Age to Tea Party. So sometimes Fox and RT are spreading the same memes. Very strange.

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20110222010732/https://www.fbo.g...